Original review date 3/11/2009...
BBD 1/2/2009; 12 oz. was first beer on brew day this past Sunday, so you know I was looking forward to this one. Into a Cab glass, because...well, why the hell not?
This bottle-conditioned deal pours a very turbid bourbon/copper/root beer-color. Head is about 2/3 finger but doesnít make a day trip out of it. Retains good carbonation and sparse lacing.
Definitely has some good wheat/yeast electricity along with mildly clammy sarsparilla sweetness. A little honey in there too? Hop presence is slightly piney and somewhat Germanic.
This reminds me of a mild dunkel, but a little more carbonated. Itís interesting...the Saaz emerges more in taste as does a nice wheaty caramel, almost Munich malt profile...itís quite austere, though. Nicely constructed...not uneven at all.
With the weight of a hefeweizen yet the grain profile of a dunkel we have some smooth drinking right here. Thereís a sweetness on the palate but the Saaz-ish hops and carbonation keep it light with a spring in its step.
I could session this up during the summertime without fail...early spring works too. Solid stuff.

This was the only Boulevard beer that I saw people actively avoid. To call it a dunkelweizen is a affront to the style. A bit of dark fruit, some raisin, lots of bread with a hint of brown sugar, but mostly understated, too much so.

Poured into a snifter. Copper color with a short white head.
Smells like honey, malt and wet hay.
Slight malt sweetness followed by some bitterness. Fairly plain and the carbonation hits the tongue from the beginning and dominates.
Bubbly, thin body but still soft. The carbonation is too much IMHO.
Drinkable but not memorable.

Originally reviewed: 3/6/09. Big thanks to monsterfat (BA) for this brew in a recent trade!
Pours a tawny, mahogany color with very little head. What is there, disappears rather quickly. No lacing whatsoever. Smells of bananas, bread, clove, lemon.
Taste mirrors the scent, as it tastes sort of like banana bread with a slight tart zing to it. Not bad. I havenít had much of this style, but I like it. Well done.

Based on rating in old notebook: I was never really sure what Boulevard was going-for with this brew. Why was the marketing always so mysterious? I just noticed Ratebeer classified it as a Dunkelweizen, which sorta makes sense (dark wheat) but I never thought of it as such before. Tasted from bottle into standard pint glass. Poured a mostly clear light brown color with moderate foam, little lace. Aromas of bread, faint roasted grain, faint fruit, faint hops, faint spice (canít tell if itís from the hops, yeast, or both.) Flavor is balanced but bland malt-sweetness/hops-bitterness. Perhaps some subtle complexity, but not a multi-layered taste at all. Nothing bad, but nothing super either. Light-medium body, watery mouthfeel, quick finish. Boulevard makes so many splendid beers, I guess Iím not surprised this one was retired.

Bottle: &nbsp Deeper shade of caramel, a little dirty, thin sandy colored head, sparce lacing. &nbsp Pale
bockish wheat like aroma on the nose. &nbsp I get this sweet popcorn kernal aroma as well... odd. &nbsp Dull
wheatiness up front, semi sweet grassy maltiness on the back. &nbsp Pretty tame, but at least has some flavor. &nbsp
Clean, well certainly not enough going on to be wonky. &nbsp Body and mouthfeel are moderate. &nbsp Now it seems that
it certainly isnít wheaty enough. &nbsp Exit is a little flat, very little flavor lingers. &nbsp Could stand to be
beefier.

bottle, redish amber brown tall frothy head. Smell of lightly roasted barley, almost barleywine-ish. Good mouth feel but i didnít taste much wheat in here but it might explain some of the odd flavors. past the malt it has a green slightly herbal off flavor on the immediate back end but it smooths out after a drink to a smooth slightly dry lingering malty taste. i think the hops make it off or something but it is drinkable. Got some to revisit as i heard that Blvd. was going to cancel this brew and make space for something else.

Nice looking, cloudy iced tea brown color but hardly any of its tan head remained. The aroma is dominated by yeast, which was a bit of a turn-off. The flavor is prominently lemon, yeast, and malt, a little watery and a little bitter. Likewise, the palate was thin and oily. It wasnít terrible, just okay. I would drink it again, but not often

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